Arena Search Elo

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    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 is #1 for Arena Search Elo at 1253. Ranked by the Arena Search Elo score 23 models in this index have a published Arena Search Elo score. Arena Search Elo leaderboard with live API prices. Arena Search Elo — blind pairwise preference rating from Arena.ai search battles.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1253$30.00
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1240$35.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1237$60.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1233$30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1221$18.00
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    1212$17.50
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    1207$14.00
    GPT-5.2
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1206$15.75
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1205$30.00
    GPT-5.1
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1199$11.25
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    1197$3.50
    GPT-5.4
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1196$17.50
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1188$12.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1179$30.00
    Grok 4 Fast
    xAI · Proprietary
    1170$0.70
    Grok 4.3
    xAI · Proprietary
    1163$3.75
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1158$18.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1148$90.00
    o3
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1143$10.00
    Gemini 2.5 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    1142$11.25
    Grok-4
    xAI · Proprietary
    1141$18.00
    GPT-5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    1132$11.25
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    1126$90.00
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    $12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.30
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.42
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.27
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    $0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.70
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    Which model leads Arena Search Elo right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic is #1 for Arena Search Elo at 1253. Ranked by the Arena Search Elo score This board also tracks Arena Search Elo. Next on the same board: GPT-5.5 and Claude Fable 5. This arena search elo leaderboard ranks models by Arena Search Elo. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for arena search elo. Ranked by the Arena Search Elo score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelArena Search EloInput /MOutput /M
    1Claude Opus 4.61253$5.00$25.00
    2GPT-5.51240$5.00$30.00
    3Claude Fable 51237$10.00$50.00
    4Claude Opus 4.71233$5.00$25.00
    5Claude Sonnet 4.61221$3.00$15.00
    6Gemini 3.1 Pro1212$2.50$15.00
    7Gemini 3 Pro1207$2.00$12.00
    8GPT-5.21206$1.75$14.00

    Arena Search Elo FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Arena Search Elo leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic ranks #1 on Arena Search Elo at 1253. API pricing is $5.00/M input and $25.00/M output.

    What are the top models on Arena Search Elo?

    The current Arena Search Elo ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Claude Opus 4.6 at 1253; 2. GPT-5.5 at 1240; 3. Claude Fable 5 at 1237.

    Which arena search elo model is the cheapest?

    Grok 4 Fast is the cheapest scored model on this arena search elo leaderboard at $0.20/M input and $0.50/M output ($0.70 blended). Claude Opus 4.6 still leads Arena Search Elo at 1253.

    Should I always pick the #1 Arena Search Elo model?

    Not automatically. Claude Opus 4.6 leads Arena Search Elo, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Arena Search Elo against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Arena Search Elo leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is Arena Search Elo?

    Arena Search Elo — blind pairwise preference rating from Arena.ai search battles. This page ranks models that have published a Arena Search Elo score, with live API token prices on the same row.

    Where is the Arena Search Elo leaderboard?

    This page is the Arena Search Elo leaderboard. Models are sorted by Arena Search Elo, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this Arena Search Elo ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Arena Search Elo score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.